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Kanji for Waterway
The kanji for “waterway” is 澪, read rei and written in 16 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
澪
waterway
The channel where a boat can safely pass.
16 strokes On reading レイ (rei) Kun reading みお (mio) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: water route, shipping channel
Readings used for names on Nazuke: mio, rei
In Japan it appears in about 103 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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